V and Me
I found his unabashed adoration of the film enticing, albeit one I couldn’t help questioning in my head. Ryan Suckling writes
Discovering Whiteley with James Bogle
Ryan Suckling interviews James Bogle, whose film Whiteley, a docu-drama based on the life and art of Australian artist Brett Whiteley, was released this year.
Review: Raw and her cannibalism
An unflinching and bloody investigation into forbidden female sexuality. Ryan Suckling reviews.
Chocbombs Taste Test: Windsor Cinema
Four Pelican editors and a close friend (and intern) travelled to the Windsor Cinema to conduct a comprehensive review of the Chocbomb menu.
Review: The Beguiled
For what I initially felt was a regimented plot, too tailored for mood-setting and panoptic brushstrokes, I now recognise as a necessary and beautifully rendered aesthetic mission. Ryan Suckling reviews.
The Save the Children Book Sale Preparations: 2017
The Pelican team talks you through how they prepared for the Save The Children Book Sale this year.
We’ve Been Reading
Margaret the First, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Break Blow Burn and Phillip Larkin: Life, Art and Love.
Up to The Minute: A Reading Review
A Time for Everything, The Georgics of Virgil, Facial Moisturiser, Human Bondage, and A Good Man is Hard to Find.
Maren Ade Directs: Toni Erdmann and Everyone Else
Maren Ade has carved out an incisive, perceptive cinematic approach through which human relationships appear comic and bizarre, yet still deeply ambivalent. Ryan Suckling writes.